The aim of the study was to examine the development of specific physical, physiological, and biomechanical parameters in 29 young male swimmers for whom measurements were made three time for two consecutive years. During the 400-m front crawl swimming, the energy cost of swimming, and stroking parameters were assessed. Peak oxygen consumption (VO2 peak) was assessed by means of the backward-extrapolation technique recording VO2 during the first 20 sec. of recovery period after a maximal trial of a 400 m distance. Swimming performance at different points of physical maturity was mainly related to the increases in body height and arm-span values from physical parameters, improvement of VO2 peak value from physiological characteristics, and improvement in stroke indices on biomechanical parameters. In addition, biomechanical factors characterized best the 400 m swimming performance followed by physical and physiological factors during the 2-yr. study period for the young male swimmers.
Latt E., Jurimae J., Haljaste K., Cicchella A., Purge P., Jurimae T. (2009). Longitudinal development of physical and performance parameters during biological maturation of young male swimmers. PERCEPTUAL AND MOTOR SKILLS, 108, 297-307 [10.2466/PMS.108.1.297-307].
Longitudinal development of physical and performance parameters during biological maturation of young male swimmers
CICCHELLA, ANTONIO;
2009
Abstract
The aim of the study was to examine the development of specific physical, physiological, and biomechanical parameters in 29 young male swimmers for whom measurements were made three time for two consecutive years. During the 400-m front crawl swimming, the energy cost of swimming, and stroking parameters were assessed. Peak oxygen consumption (VO2 peak) was assessed by means of the backward-extrapolation technique recording VO2 during the first 20 sec. of recovery period after a maximal trial of a 400 m distance. Swimming performance at different points of physical maturity was mainly related to the increases in body height and arm-span values from physical parameters, improvement of VO2 peak value from physiological characteristics, and improvement in stroke indices on biomechanical parameters. In addition, biomechanical factors characterized best the 400 m swimming performance followed by physical and physiological factors during the 2-yr. study period for the young male swimmers.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
